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en·gage·ment /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒmənt/
n.
1. 订婚；婚约
Last month she announced her engagement to Claude. 上个月她宣布与克劳德订婚。
John has broken off his engagement to Mary. 约翰已解除与玛丽的婚约。
2. 约言，保证；[engagements]需偿付的款项
fulfil one's engagements 实行约言
The Government has broken all its engagements. 政府违背了它所有的诺言。
They were consequently unable to meet their engagements. 他们因而无力偿付约定的款项。
3. 约会
make an engagement 定个约会
keep one's engagement 践约
a previous engagement 前约
I have an engagement with the doctor at 2 p. m. 我跟医生约好下午2点钟去就诊。
They had an engagement to meet secretly after dark. 他们约好在天黑后秘密碰头。
an engagement book (或 diary) 约会簿
4. 雇，聘，约请；受雇(期)，受聘(期)
The actor had an engagement of three weeks in the play. 那位演员被聘请参加该剧演出3周。
The comedian does engagements in top night clubs. 那位喜剧演员受雇在一些高级夜总会演出节目。
5. 信奉，支持
6. 交战，遭遇战；战斗
The greatest engagement of the Civil War was at Gettysburg. 南北战争最大的一仗是在葛底斯堡打的。
It was only a short engagement. 那次战斗时间很短。
They fought over thirty engagements with the enemy forces in April. 他们在4月份与敌军打了30几仗。
7. 【机】啮合；(击剑)交叉接触
be brought into engagement with 与…啮合
the line of engagement (击剑) 交叉线
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